About the day » Friday March 3, 1978Calender converter

• Peggy De Witte, Sint-Niklaas (B)
• Wouter VERCAMST, Oudenaarde († 1994)
• Allan Gene Hugo, Mason City, Cerro Gordo Co., IA († 2002)

• Arie Simons, Nieuw-Lekkerland
• Agatha Knijn (77), Spierdijk, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Lambertha Paanakker (85), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Beatriz Gonçalves da Luz (66), Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil
• Barteld Jans Adams (86), Lochem, "Huize Gudula", Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaldert Postma (89)
• Audrey Irene BODMER (74)
• Akke Deinema (78), Leeuwarden
• Adrianus Cornelis Voermans (77), Breda
• Arend Jan Spenkelink (87), Hellendoorn, 7447, Nederland

• 1976 » Fraser Gehrig, Australian footballer
• 1976 » Isabel Granada, Filipino-Spanish actress († 2017)
• 1976 » Kampamba Mulenga Chilumba, Zambian politician
• 1976 » Keit Pentus-Rosimannus, Estonian politician, 28th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1977 » Buddy Valastro, American chef and television host
• 1977 » Ronan Keating, Irish singer-songwriter and actor
• 1977 » Stéphane Robidas, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1978 » Matt Diaz, American baseball player
• 1979 » Albert Jorquera, Spanish footballer
• 1980 » Mason Unck, American football player

• 1966 » Alice Pearce, American actress (b. 1917)
• 1966 » Joseph Fields, American playwright, director, and producer (b. 1895)
• 1966 » William Frawley, American actor and vaudevillian (b. 1887)
• 1981 » Rebecca Lancefield, American microbiologist and researcher (b. 1895)
• 1982 » Firaq Gorakhpuri, Indian poet and critic (b. 1896)
• 1982 » Georges Perec, French author and screenwriter (b. 1936)
• 1983 » Hergé, Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1907)
• 1987 » Danny Kaye, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1911)
• 1988 » Henryk Szeryng, Polish-Mexican violinist and composer (b. 1918)
• 1988 » Sewall Wright, American biologist and geneticist (b. 1889)

1. Jan
2. Martijn
3. Jeroen
4. David
5. Mark
6. Dennis
7. Johannes
8. Peter
9. Patrick
10. Michael
11. Robert
12. Pieter
13. Richard
14. Paul
15. Bart
16. Willem

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Sandra
4. Patricia
5. Marieke
6. Linda
7. Monique
8. Jennifer
9. Esther
10. Jessica
11. Wendy
12. Kim
13. Bianca
14. Anna
15. Cornelia
16. Cindy

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
• March 9 » President Soeharto inaugurated Jagorawi Toll Road, the first toll highway in Indonesia, connecting Jakarta, Bogor and Ciawi, West Java.
• April 27 » Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.
• June 9 » The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men.
• August 22 » The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FLSN) occupies national palace in Nicaragua.
• September 8 » Black Friday, a massacre by soldiers against protesters in Tehran, results in 700–3000 deaths, it marks the beginning of the end of the monarchy in Iran.
• December 27 » Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of fascist dictatorship.

The temperature on March 3, 1978 was between 6.2 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 12.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.